Thinking of a new vehicle for the wife

[ray1970]

Chrysler products are extremely meh, IMO.

What about the Mazda CX-5? Starts at $21k

We drove a CX5 before we bought her Rogue. The road noise and engine noise in the passenger compartment was almost unbearable. Not sure if they have changed much since 2010 but I suppose we could take a spin in another one.

I'm also considering looking at the BMW X1 and the Mercedes GLA. Not sure about the cost of maintenance and repairs on those though.

The VW Tiguan seems fairly nice for a small SUV but it might not be as roomy as what she has right now.

[Great-Kazoo]

We drove a CX5 before we bought her Rogue. The road noise and engine noise in the passenger compartment was almost unbearable. Not sure if they have changed much since 2010 but I suppose we could take a spin in another one.

I'm also considering looking at the BMW X1 and the Mercedes GLA. Not sure about the cost of maintenance and repairs on those though.

The VW Tiguan seems fairly nice for a small SUV but it might not be as roomy as what she has right now.

The Tiguan has been out a few years and to say sales have been lackluster, would be kind. It's one of the few VW product line they can't give away. KBB and NADA show one thing for trade in Sales dept have another, it's not pretty. For it's size other like suv's have larger storage capacity. The up side is VW is doing some sales promos on the Tiguan.

Out of your choices, i'd lean towards the 4runner. Subaru is nice, but i think you'll get more bang for the buck with a 4runner.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I'm also considering looking at the BMW X1 and the Mercedes GLA. Not sure about the cost of maintenance and repairs on those though.

If you go factory certified whatever on either, that should be taken care of. I really like the way the MB GLA looks. I hate the GLK, however.